Sunday, September 30, 2012

Week #5 of the 2012 Arkansas high school football season is in the books. We had several barn burners that were interesting down to the final tick:

Rogers 56, Van Buren 47

Searcy 44, Mountain Home 41

Mayflower 57, Bald Knob 53

East Poinsett County 42, Walnut Ridge 40

Dierks 62, Foreman 53

Horatio led all teams in scoring with 69 while Pine Bluff Dollarway (64), Hazen (64), Conway (63), Des Arc (62), Dierks (62), and Junction City (62) all went over 60. The 50-point club included these teams this week:

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

This week (Week #5) marks the midway point of the 2012 Arkansas high school football season. The 7A/6A West once again looks like the center of the high school football power in the state. We anticipate a great battle of the Bulldogs in Springdale this Friday. Other match-ups that interest us include Texarkana @Lake Hamilton, Camden Fairview @ White Hall, Star City @ Warren, Paris @ Charleston, and Gurdon @ Mineral Springs.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Week #4 of the 2012 Arkansas high school football season is now in the books. Since conference play started for everyone (except some 2A conferences that started last week), several games were outstanding. The Rogers-Springdale game was an extreme contrast in styles that resulted in 97 points and a 5 point victory for the Mounties. The Dollarway-Newport contest was an overtime thriller that the Cardinals won with a 2-point conversion. Other nail-biters included the Monticello-Star City, Bald Knob-Riverview, and Camden Harmony Grove-McGehee match-ups.

The Prescott-Drew Central game was the highest score total for both teams (111) while the Arkadelphia-Nashville contest saw both teams score 40+ for a total of 108 points. Prescott took home the scoring title for the week with 75 while Rogers Heritage put up just 70 points. Three others topped the 60 points barrier as conference play got under way: Hazen (68), Clinton (62), and Farmington (61). These teams topped the 50 point mark last Friday: Camden Fairview (58), Norphlet (57), Greenwood (56), Pulaski Academy (56), Vilonia (56), Valley View (56), Mayflower (56), Bryant (55), Charleston (55), Fordyce (55), Dumas (54), Greenland (54), Mountainburg (54), Marion (53), Malvern (53), England (53), Morrilton (52), White Hall (50), and Mineral Springs (50). In this pace continues over the rest of the season, the scoreboard operators are going to be asking for overtime pay.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

This week we are introducing a new feature: an NFL Fantasy Football preview. We will have a couple of posts over the course of the NFL season by our football friend - Chad Michaels of NFL Betting Lines. So, without further ado...

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We're heading into week 3 of the NFL season and things are starting to get interesting. Starting players are questionable or out and new stars are on the rise. If you want to keep your fantasy team at the forefront then you should be paying close attention to who you can pick up each week. Here are five players to watch for going into week 3.

Dennis Pitta - The tight end on the Baltimore Ravens has emerged at Joe Flacco's main target. When he gets in trouble he dumps the ball off to him all the time. He had 8 receptions for 65 yards against the Eagles on Sunday but look for those numbers to keep going up.

Brandon Lafell - The 2nd wide receiver for the Panthers is emerging as a nice WR 3 in 12 team leagues and getting serious looks from Cam Newton.

Jaquizz Rodgers - With Michael Turner getting a DUI after Monday night's game (full story here) rookie Jaquizz Rodgers may be getting a lot more touches.

Martellus Bennett - The Giants tight end is looking sharp. With 10 targets last week, a touchdown and a second end zone target that should of yielded him a second TD Martellus had a great game. If Eli continues to look for him in red zone situations than he's worth making a play for.

Mikel Leshoure - Coming off a two game suspension, Lions running back Mikel Leshoure looks to be in the mix for the starting position. Now could be a great time to come in and scoop him up for cheap.

What players are you targeting to pick up for your roster? Any big surprises so far this season? What match-ups are you looking forward to this week?

- Chad Michaels is ecstatic that football season has returned. When he's not glued to fantasy updates you can find him writing at his NFL Lines site.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Here is the schedule for Week #4 of the 2012 Arkansas high school
football
season. Conference play starts for every in state. All games are Friday, September 21. Interesting early conference tussles include Ft. Smith Northside @ Greenwood, Bentonville @ Springdale Har-Ber, and Benton vs. Bryant in the Salt Bowl.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

For the third week in a row, severe weather disrupted some of the games in the state of Arkansas. The rainfall has made a dent in the drought the state has experience, but the high school football community is probably wishing the weather would pick a day other than Friday to rain. Here are the scores for Week #3 of the 2012 Arkansas high school football season.

The Rogers Mounties option attack led all scorers with 64 while Augusta (63) and Earle (60) also went over 60 points. Forrest City (57), Southside Batesville (57), Fayetteville (55), Cross County (54), Pottsville (53), Gurdon (52), and Greenwood (51) all scored more than 50. The 6A and 7A defending champions (El Dorado and Fayetteville) both righted the ship and picked up the first wins just in time to prepare for conference play next Friday. Bentonville once again looks to be the 7A favorite as they dominated a strong Mississippi team last Friday.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Here is the schedule for Week #3 of the 2012 Arkansas high school
football
season. Just as in the first 2 weeks, we have purposefully included duplicates (that is,
we placed the
game under BOTH conference designations) in order to help you find the
game you are looking for more easily. Some 2A conferences continue conference action while the rest of the state is still in
non-conference mode. All games are Friday September 14.

Some of the intriguing games this week include the following:

Bentonville plays its third out of state opponent, South Panola (MS).

Fayetteville looks to avoid 0-3 state against its third out of state opponent, Muskogee (OK).

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Here are the results of Week #2 in the 2012 Arkansas high school football season. Weather once again played havoc as a really strong cold front pushed through with thunderstorms and high winds. The weather forced the cancellation or postponement of several games. Augusta lead all teams in scoring this week with 66 while Decatur (57), Bearden (54), Charleston (52), Westside-Johnson County (51), and Carlisle (50) all went north of 50. The real shocker is that both the defending 7A champion (Fayetteville) and the 6A champion (El Dorado) have started the 2012 campaign 0-2.